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Ok, I understand what you mean. I set status NEW to this enhancement request.

In the meantime you can use this macro and assign it to a keyboard shortcut or to a toolbar custom button.

Sub RemoveTextHighlighting

dim document   as object
dim dispatcher as object
document   = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Frame
dispatcher = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper")
dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:BackColor", "", 0, Array())
End Sub

P.S. check your Caps Lock key :-)

(In reply to comment #5)
Hi tommy,
I tried your macro but it does not work. So I have done some change to your code, now it works:

Sub RemoveTextHighlighting

	Dim document   as object
	Dim dispatcher as object

	document   = ThisComponent.CurrentController.Frame
	dispatcher = createUnoService("com.sun.star.frame.DispatchHelper")

	REM We need to define the args for the dispatcher. without this the backcolor will not change.
	Dim args1(0) as new com.sun.star.beans.PropertyValue
	args1(0).name = "BackColor"
	args1(0).value = -1

	dispatcher.executeDispatch(document, ".uno:BackColor", "", 0,args1())
	
End Sub

Thanks.

@Kevin
strange. I confirm my macro works and does remove "text highlighting" under Win7x64 using LibO 4.2.5.2. your macro version works fine too.

would you please tell me your O/S and LibO version? I'm curious about the reason it doesn't work in your computer.

(In reply to comment #7)
> would you please tell me your O/S and LibO version? I'm curious about the
> reason it doesn't work in your computer.

Windows XP SP3, LibreOffice 4.3.0.2.

thanks. I confirm macro works in 4.2.5.2 on WinXP 32bit.
I'll try later the 4.3.0.2 release and see if there's some basic issue in the new branch, and if confirmed I'll open a separate report about it.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 63438 ***